Page 60 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 75

Right and Below:
The large saltwater pond is
supplied by the river and
controlled by sluice gates
that align with the tides.
Bottom:
The tidal saltwater river
that supplies the pond is
abundant with fish, eels
and crabs that get pulled
into the pond.

Reading our leaflet map, we decided to walk around the
garden clockwise, so we first headed off to the flower
fields, which were in full bloom and full of wildflowers –
certainly a different site to see in a Japanese garden.
From the flowers the traditional Japanese garden began,
and it was fabulous with lots of styled and maintained
Niwaki trees surrounding a number of lakes. The garden
actually runs alongside a large tidal river with one
Above: unusual aspect that it has a seawater pond. The pond
The beautiful wildflower
fields were in full bloom, has a style to draw in seawater and change its
all the colours looked appearance by the flow of the tide. The pond is the only
spectacular. remaining seawater pond from the Edo era within Tokyo.
It has lock gates that open and close with the rise and
fall of the water level in Tokyo Bay. Saltwater fish such
as striped mullet, young sea bass, goby, eel and crabs
live in the pond.

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